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NEXT TWO MSCS APPEARANCES ARE ON THE SAME WEEKEND
TRI-STATE & TERRE HAUTE BECKON DRIVERS AND FANS
Haubstadt, IN - April 19, 2014 - The excitement level is always high
in the dirt racing world and early race dates are not an exception.
Spring is in the air. The glitter of new paint is abundant. New
opportunities and a fresh start await the drivers.
The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series drivers have a second and
perhaps greater challenge just ahead as they tackle two fast and
demanding tracks in one weekend. MSCS will participate along with
the United States Auto Club Sprint Cars on Saturday night April 26th
at the quarter mile Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt. Then on Sunday
the series will travel to the half mile Terre Haute Action Track to
compete in the first King of Indiana Sprint Series race of the
season. The two Indiana tracks are both on the U.S. 41 corridor in
Southern Indiana and the tow or drive is an easy four lane 95 mile
trip.
Action gets underway Saturday with MSCS regulars encountering the art
of qualifying during time trials. The “Spring Showdown” will play
out following 2014 USAC Official Rules of Competition. The format
will include 10 lap heats, a qualifying race if necessary, a 12 lap
semi, and the 30 lap feature. The feature will pay $5,000 to win and
$500 to start. Twenty two cars will start the main event. The
provisional starter program will also be in effect for both series!
Sunday’s “Spring Fling” will be conducted according to the current
King of Indiana Sprint Series format. MSCS Officials, KISS
Officials, and THAT Officials will work together to oversee and
supervise the various aspects of the program. Specific details
related to coordinating MSCS & KISS rules for the event will be
covered at the drivers meeting. The 30 lap feature will pay $2,500
to win and $250 to start. At least twenty cars normally start the
main event.
Last season’s “Spring Showdown” was won by Cullman Alabama’s Kevin
Thomas Jr. He went on to win both co-sanctioned USAC-MSCS events
held at Tri-State Speedway in 2013. Sikeston Missouri’s Hunter
Schuerenberg won the very first USAC-MSCS “Spring Showdown” to be
held at the speedway in 2012. Schuerenberg was victorious at the
MSCS sanctioned “Bill Gardner’s Indiana Open Wheel.Com Racin’ Fest”
at Lincoln Park Speedway to open this season. Two time and defending
MSCS Champion Jon Stanbrough was second in that first encounter.
The last time MSCS joined KISS for a show at Terre Haute was in 2012.
Robert Ballou picked up the victory in April that season. And Ballou
was second at Haubstadt in the 2013 Showdown. The KISS-MSCS event
scheduled to be held at the Action Track in 2013 was rained out and
not rescheduled.
The drivers or driver that wins these two features could find that
getting to the front was not an easy task and then staying there
another lap by lap challenge. The UMP Open Wheel Modifieds will be
an added attraction at both race tracks!
Provided as News and Information for MSCS
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